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Active leader of revolt in Surrey town (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

working

'active' is the definition.
('working' can be similar in meaning to 'active')

'leader of revolt in surrey town' is the wordplay.
'leader of' says to take the initial letters.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'surrey town' becomes 'woking'.
The first letter of 'revolt' is 'r'.
'r' put within 'woking' is 'WORKING'.

(Other definitions for working that I've seen before include "Operating" , "Employed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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